Cisco Firepower Contracts

Cisco Firepower (formerly Sourcefire Firepower)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Cisco Firepower skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cisco Firepower over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 432 513 635
Rank change year-on-year +81 +122 +83
Contract jobs citing Cisco Firepower 87 87 78
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.30% 0.20% 0.13%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.33% 1.54% 1.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 49 61
10th Percentile £400 £345 £375
25th Percentile £425 £425 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% -6.36% +37.50%
75th Percentile £588 £688 £575
90th Percentile £613 £775 £638
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £515 £525
% change year-on-year -2.91% -1.90% +61.54%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

Cisco Firepower falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,739 5,643 7,361
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.79% 12.94% 12.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,297 3,382 4,789
10th Percentile £213 £205 £235
25th Percentile £363 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £495 £519
Median % change year-on-year -1.52% -4.53% +3.70%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £638
90th Percentile £675 £700 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £463 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -2.63% - +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 181 423 478
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.57 £9.80
25th Percentile £17.30 £17.35 £10.63
Median hourly rate £32.50 £38.50 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.58% +102.63% -31.84%
75th Percentile £58.75 £62.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £67.40 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.59 £45.88 £18.50
% change year-on-year -46.41% +148.00% -13.95%

Cisco Firepower
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Cisco Firepower as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Cisco Firepower in the UK

Cisco Firepower
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cisco Firepower.

Daily rate trend for Cisco Firepower in the UK

Cisco Firepower
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco Firepower over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco Firepower in the UK

Cisco Firepower
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cisco Firepower.

Hourly rate trend for Cisco Firepower in the UK

Cisco Firepower
Top 13 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco Firepower within the UK over the 6 months to 30 April 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
UK excluding London +52 68 £500 -2.91% 13
England +43 66 £525 +1.94% 23
North of England +45 37 £575 +11.65% 3
North West +30 36 £575 +11.65% 2
Work from Home +58 24 £513 -0.49% 20
London +35 12 £500 +17.65% 11
South East +10 9 £575 +21.05% 6
Wales - 9 £450 -
Midlands +23 6 £363 -51.67% 1
West Midlands +15 6 £363 -51.67%
Scotland - 5 £438 -
South West - 4 £525 - 2
Yorkshire +13 1 - - 1

Cisco Firepower
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 2 (2.30%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 12 (13.79%) Azure
2 11 (12.64%) AWS
3 2 (2.30%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 61 (70.11%) Firewall
2 59 (67.82%) Cisco ASA
3 41 (47.13%) BGP
4 39 (44.83%) OSPF
5 38 (43.68%) VPN
6 32 (36.78%) IPsec
7 25 (28.74%) EIGRP
7 25 (28.74%) Network Security
7 25 (28.74%) Wireless
8 24 (27.59%) HSRP
9 17 (19.54%) Cisco ISE
10 16 (18.39%) Cisco Nexus
11 12 (13.79%) LAN
12 11 (12.64%) Broadband
12 11 (12.64%) Cisco Wireless
13 10 (11.49%) WAN
14 9 (10.34%) MPLS
15 7 (8.05%) Cisco IOS
16 6 (6.90%) Junos
16 6 (6.90%) TACACS
Development Applications
1 1 (1.15%) JIRA
1 1 (1.15%) Katalon Studio
General
1 7 (8.05%) Public Sector
2 6 (6.90%) Social Skills
3 3 (3.45%) Advertising
3 3 (3.45%) Finance
4 2 (2.30%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (2.30%) German Language
4 2 (2.30%) Manufacturing
4 2 (2.30%) Telecoms
5 1 (1.15%) Electronics
5 1 (1.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (1.15%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (1.15%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 74 (85.06%) Network Engineer
2 20 (22.99%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 13 (14.94%) Senior
4 11 (12.64%) Network Security Engineer
4 11 (12.64%) Security Engineer
5 10 (11.49%) Principal Engineer
5 10 (11.49%) Principal Network Engineer
5 10 (11.49%) Senior Network Engineer
6 9 (10.34%) Cisco Engineer
7 7 (8.05%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 6 (6.90%) Principal Security Engineer
9 5 (5.75%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
10 3 (3.45%) Architect
10 3 (3.45%) Delivery Manager
10 3 (3.45%) Lead
10 3 (3.45%) Senior Cisco Engineer
10 3 (3.45%) Senior Cisco Network Engineer
10 3 (3.45%) Service Delivery Manager
10 3 (3.45%) Service Manager
11 2 (2.30%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.30%) 802.1X
1 2 (2.30%) LDAP
1 2 (2.30%) SAML
2 1 (1.15%) JSON
2 1 (1.15%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (10.34%) Data Centre
2 3 (3.45%) Operational Technology
2 3 (3.45%) Security Posture
3 2 (2.30%) Client/Server
3 2 (2.30%) NHS
3 2 (2.30%) PKI
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (19.54%) Migration
2 12 (13.79%) Load Balancing
3 11 (12.64%) Network Monitoring
4 10 (11.49%) ITIL
5 8 (9.20%) Network Management
6 6 (6.90%) Agile
6 6 (6.90%) Continuous Improvement
6 6 (6.90%) Customer Requirements
6 6 (6.90%) Network Segmentation
6 6 (6.90%) Preventative Maintenance
7 5 (5.75%) Mentoring
7 5 (5.75%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (5.75%) Project Delivery
7 5 (5.75%) Service Delivery
8 4 (4.60%) Network Design
9 3 (3.45%) Problem Management
9 3 (3.45%) Risk Management
9 3 (3.45%) Risk Register
9 3 (3.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 3 (3.45%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 7 (8.05%) Python
2 6 (6.90%) VB
Qualifications
1 51 (58.62%) Security Cleared
2 42 (48.28%) SC Cleared
3 34 (39.08%) Cisco Certification
4 21 (24.14%) CCNP
5 16 (18.39%) CCIE
6 7 (8.05%) CCNA
7 6 (6.90%) DV Cleared
8 4 (4.60%) CCIE Security
9 3 (3.45%) CISA
9 3 (3.45%) CISM
9 3 (3.45%) CISSP
9 3 (3.45%) GIAC
9 3 (3.45%) ISACA
9 3 (3.45%) SANS
10 1 (1.15%) CCIE Service Provider
10 1 (1.15%) DBS Check
10 1 (1.15%) ISTQB
10 1 (1.15%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 1 (1.15%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (9.20%) SLA
2 2 (2.30%) HIPAA
2 2 (2.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (2.30%) NIST
2 2 (2.30%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (2.30%) Active Directory
1 2 (2.30%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (12.64%) FortiGate
2 6 (6.90%) Ansible
3 5 (5.75%) Terraform
4 4 (4.60%) ZABBIX
5 3 (3.45%) Cisco Prime
5 3 (3.45%) Nagios
Vendors
1 87 (100.00%) Cisco
2 43 (49.43%) Palo Alto
3 21 (24.14%) CheckPoint
4 15 (17.24%) SolarWinds
5 12 (13.79%) F5
6 7 (8.05%) Citrix
6 7 (8.05%) Juniper
7 6 (6.90%) Fortinet
8 3 (3.45%) Meraki
8 3 (3.45%) Tenable
9 2 (2.30%) AlgoSec
9 2 (2.30%) Arista
9 2 (2.30%) Ekahau
9 2 (2.30%) Tufin
9 2 (2.30%) VMware
10 1 (1.15%) Bloomberg
10 1 (1.15%) Blue Coat
10 1 (1.15%) Refinitiv
10 1 (1.15%) SAP
10 1 (1.15%) Symantec